02/06/2024 10:46 p.m. Updated on 02/06/2024 11:40 p.m.
How far Diego Schwartzman (117th) is from the 8th in the world that he once was in October 2020, and we have to see how much longer he will continue like this. He seems to lack confidence, things don’t work out for him, he clearly doesn’t enjoy it. He doesn’t win. Invited to the Córdoba Open, the Buenos Aires native lost in his debut and farewell against Román Burruchaga (170°) by 6-1, 4-6 and 6-4 in 2h18m.
No matter how hard he tries, the Little One can’t. At times, it is true, he engages in duels but ends up sending the ball into the net or out; or he doesn’t hit her backhand, he pushes her. Jorge Burruchaga’s son, world champion of ’86 with a goal in the final that Maradona’s team beat Germany 3-2 in Mexicofound himself with a 33-minute process in the first set.
Although Burru Jr. tried to command with his forehand and even forcing shots to win the points, he soon realized that by putting the ball in, especially on Peque’s backhand side, by decantation the games were going to be left for him. Román broke for 3-1 and led the way in the set, which he ended up winning due to a double fault from the winner of 4 titles in his career.
Schwartzman looks at his bench.
Meanwhile, Burru Sr. (coincidentally he scored his first goal at Kempes, in ’82, and his kid debuted next to him) was chatting animatedly in a box on the side of the field with Leo Mayer, his son’s coach, while in another sector, the Peque’s family attended with pain another performance that was not – but is – common in who was the last national top ten.
The heavy, dusty field and the 32 degrees were no excuse for Schwartzman not being able to with his soul. Everything depended on what Burruchaga could do, who broke from the start and even had a 40-0 to go up 3-1. But he lost concentration and lost five points in a row so that Peque broke for the first time, which he celebrated with a shout. The clean and jerk did not last long, as they immediately broke him for 3-2.
Román Burruchaga’s volley.
Burruchaga was heading towards victory, 4-2, but he went back into the hole and the match became a never-ending series of errors. No one had confidence anymore nor did they win their games.. Thus they reached 4-4 with Peque’s serve.
Finally, Schwartzman was able to prevail and even score an ace to reach 5-4 and hope that his rival would remain tied. This is how Burruchaga played, which was not even the shadow of what it had been in the first set. So much so that with two double faults he lost the game and gave Peque 6-4..
Jorge Burruchaga (behind Leo Mayer) watching his son.
The third was going to be for the one who could recover his memory and get out of the maze. The one who had felt better tennis was Burru – in the previous set – and he started practicing it. El Peque lost the serve with a double included and Román immediately won it, which caused Schwartzman to retaliate with his 380 thousand peso racket, breaking it.
Burru puts in a timid little fist.
El Peque, 31, escaped a break point and won his serve; Román did his thing later at zero to gain confidence again, and he confirmed it by breaking for 4-1 with a beautiful backhand (two-handed) parallel to the line. Ultimately, Burru, who had lost two ATP rankings this year and thus reached the main draw of the Córdoba Open (after playing two challengers), He ended up winning, doubting and suffering the match that took place on the fourth match point. It was a relief for him, really…
Next time for both
In the second round, the 22-year-old right-hander On Thursday he will face the German Yannick Hanfmann (59th), winner of the duel against the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (85th) by 5-7, 7-6 (1) and 6-1. Schwartzman will fly to Buenos Aires to play the Argentina Open starting Monday at Lawn Tennis. He will arrive with a record of 0-3 on the year after 13-25 in 2023 and a distant 250-218 in his career.
2024-02-07 01:46:13
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